Carrel

created by Webster 1913
(thing) by Ereneta (6.8 hr) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Mon Feb 04 2002 at 18:55:37
The name given in medieval English monasteries to a small closet or inclosure for study, usually built against a window, but you could apply the name to any cell or recess off the cloister where monks might read. After the 16th century, with the decline in monasteries, the word fell out of general use until libraries adopted the term for private study cubicles.
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:22:23

Car"rel (?), n.

See Quarrel, an arrow.

 

© Webster 1913.

Car"rel, n. Arch.

Same as 4th Carol.

 

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